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=== Wage gap among gender === There is definitely intersectionality and inequality with women and men when it comes to wage gaps. Careers that pay well are often male dominated, and do not tolerate women and their personal needs. There has been a stable "pay gap" between men and women which has remained between 10β20% difference in their average earnings. (Women, careers and work life preferences). When discussing wage gaps between genders, scientists takes into account two questions, the first being "is there differential access jobs on the basis of gender?" and the second being, "is womenβs work perceived to have less value than comparable work done by men?". When women begin to increase their numbers in certain job positions the status or value of the job decreases.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hakim|first=Catherine|date=18 January 2017|title=Women, careers, and work-life preferences|journal= British Journal of Guidance & Counselling|volume=34|issue=3|pages=279β294|doi=10.1080/03069880600769118|citeseerx=10.1.1.463.726|s2cid=13388770}}</ref> Conceptualizing intersectionality through class, gender and race then identifying the barriers that create inequality in Work organizations is found in the idea of "inequality regimes". Workplaces are prominent locations to analyze the continuous efforts of inequalities because many societal inequality issues stem in such areas. In the works of Inequality Regimes: Gender, Class, and Race in Organizations, inequality in gender, race, class are examined through intersectionality in organizations.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Alksins|first=Christine|date=21 May 2008|title=Workforce Segregation and the Gender Wage Gap: Is "Women's" Work Valued as Highly as "Men's"?|journal=Journal of Applied Social Psychology|volume=38|issue=6|pages=1416β1441|doi=10.1111/j.1559-1816.2008.00354.x}}</ref> Joane Acker discussed Inequality Regimes: Gender, Class, and Race in Organizations in Sociologists for Women in Society Feminists Lecture through studies conducted using Swedish Bank. Studies have shown in the 1980s depict that wage gaps were increasing between genders. Men were being rewarded the higher paying positions such as local managers, and believed fair wages for men should be higher than fair wages for women.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=INEQUALITY REGIMES Gender, Class, and Race in Organizations|journal = Gender & Society|volume = 20|issue = 4|pages = 441β464|last=Acker|first=Joan|doi=10.1177/0891243206289499|year = 2006|s2cid = 145118830}}</ref>
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